Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread Joe Riel
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:18:00 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-02 03:01 +0100, Andrew Reid wrote: > > > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: > >> Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > >> update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to > >> configure

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread deloptes
Joe Riel wrote: > update-alternatives --install as part of their postinstall routine. is not that bad idea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/iibhol$

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-02 03:01 +0100, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: >> Why are there no alternatives, configurable with update-alternatives, >> for gcc? Seems like I should be able to configure whether /usr/bin/gcc >> is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, etc. Of course

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:31:30 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > > Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > > update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to > > configure whether /usr/bin/gcc is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, > > etc. Of course I can just set the l

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:01:13 -0500 Andrew Reid wrote: > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: > > Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > > update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to > > configure whether /usr/bin/gcc is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, > >

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread deloptes
Joe Riel wrote: > Why are there no alternatives, configurable with update-alternatives, > for gcc? Seems like I should be able to configure whether /usr/bin/gcc > is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, etc. Of course I can just set the link > manually (which I do), but ... > every normal automake or c

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread Andrew Reid
On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: > Why are there no alternatives, configurable with update-alternatives, > for gcc? Seems like I should be able to configure whether /usr/bin/gcc > is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, etc. Of course I can just set the link > manually (which I do), bu